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That being said, I LOOOOVE my A-100. It plays EVERY file I throw at it. And yes, YAMJ is awesome!! i can't wait for excal's new skin to be released. It's looking great.]]>Mar 18th 2009 9:29AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
The PCH is terrible for playing anything but movies. If your only trying to stream movies, then why not get the PCH, but the fact is your not paying much more for the ATV + Boxee... Anyway, I'm gonna get the Asus Eee Box 206 when it comes out, that should play my 1080p well]]>Mar 19th 2009 12:45AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 9:22AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 9:35AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
On a side note, I have all my son's movies loaded up a WD GP 1TB internal drive in the PCH, so I can bring along whenever we travel, a huge plus!!]]>Mar 18th 2009 9:42AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
Have you seen the pics of the new QNAP NMP-1000? It looks really amazing, and the UI is slick too.]]>Mar 18th 2009 9:46AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 10:03AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
Sure, the UI isn't that rpetty or fast, but I didn't buy it to stare at the IU, I got it to play videos and it does that beautifully.

I also had trouble updating the firmware from the website, but i think I know what the problem is: their servers for the firmware aren't that great. I was getting around 30-50 KB/s when downloading off their server on to my PC (I have 15 mbit internet, so its not my connection). I did install the frimware through USB but installed the NMT Apps over the internet. It took around 20 mins to download them, but it got them in the end.

My only gripe with it is the slow data tranfer rate from my PC to the PCH over my local network. I average around 2.0 MB/s which makes it annoying when transferring 10GB files.

Other than that, a solid reccomend.]]>Mar 18th 2009 10:01AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 11:30PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
My only gripe about the WD is that it doesn't support USB hubs. Insanely stupid, but somehow that got past QA. Otherwise, it's a great little device. Maybe they'll fire the Product Manager and re-spin the product with that functionality.]]>Mar 18th 2009 10:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 12:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 11:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 19th 2009 9:21AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 10:30AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 7:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 21st 2009 1:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 10:43AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 1:19PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
been waiting for some more SageTV HD 200 reviews to come out; as a potential replacement.]]>Mar 18th 2009 10:53AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 11:31AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 12:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
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I'm not gonna lie, when I first got the PCH I was amazed, I was loving it. But my friend made me buy the ATV and told me to return it if I didn't like it, so I did. I bought it, and thought I was going to return it right away... but I found out about Boxee, installed it, and haven't thought about it since. The only complaint I have is that Boxee can't take full advantage of the ATV as it can't access the GPU hardware acceleration so you can't play files with high bitrate. This is why I'm waiting for the Asus Eee Box 206 to come out.]]>Mar 19th 2009 12:41AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 1:41PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 1:22PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 1:46PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 2:28PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/ ]
and it works like a charm from my vista machine. 03/17/09 I ordered Popcorn Hour A-110 ships directly from Hong Kong.. I think, I can not wait to take it for a spin.]]>Mar 18th 2009 2:55PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 21st 2009 7:17PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
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I'm thinking of getting a used Mac Mini and using Boxee to replace my A-100... we'll see]]>Mar 18th 2009 5:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 6:13PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 20th 2009 11:28AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 10:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 11:22PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 18th 2009 11:21PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
Jaak, http://jacksgadgets.blogspot.com/

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Anyone want to buy my Popcorn hour?

I bought it for $250 (it's the A110 with the WN-100 WiFi adapter) and I'll even include the 50GB internal drive i put in there- it's even formatted for you already!

I'll sell for $150, free shipping. That'll get me halfway to my mac mini at least. This is a great deal, barely used, and we can both get the HT setups we want.]]>Mar 19th 2009 7:45PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 19th 2009 9:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 21st 2009 12:08AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
http://www.egreatusa.com/]]>Mar 21st 2009 12:10AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/Mar 21st 2009 3:21AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/03/18/popcorn-hour-a-110-review/
The UI sucks guys.
If you don't think it does, use XBMC/Boxee/Plex for awhile and you'll be in awe of how streamlined everything is. YAMJ is nice, if you've never seen anything else but it doesn't compare to XBMC/Boxee/Plex.

I could use the a100 ok, but my roommates, esp the non tech ones, hated it with a passion. It was slow, buggy, and very non inuitive. I got asked every day 'when is xbmc coming back?" Luckily, around the same time the a100 got sold, Boxee reached Beta status. Now everyone uses and loves Boxee. They even brag about it. You think your friends are impressed with YAMJ? Go download Boxee or XBMC using Mediastream and configure that up properly and it will blow your mind and make you the envy of everyone.

XBMC is available on all platforms (Linux, OSX and Windows) and Boxee is in open alpha in Linux and OSX but still closed for Windows.

Screw simple media streamers. Go with a real media solution. Your friends and family will appreciate it.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 2:41PM